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Vol. 1: Defence of Europe. - 160 S. ca., getr. Pag., 2 graph. Darst., 5 Tab. - Vol. 2: Cooperative security in Europe. - 223 S. ca., getr. Pag., 3 graph. Darst., 6 Tab

The basic idea of common security is not complex. It is that no country can obtain security, in the long run, simply by taking unilateral decisions about its own military forces. This is because security depends also on the actions and reactions of potential adversaries. Security has to be found in common with those adversaries. These ideas were considered in a SIPRI conference held in 1983. The conference had two main objectives. The first was to undertake a critical examination of the concept. The second was to consider the implications of the idea for policy in general, and for disarmament and arms control policy in particular. Originally published in 1985, this book contains revised versions of some of the papers presented at the conference.

COMMON SECURITY POLICY AS OUTLINED BY THE ICDSI IS DESCRIBED HERE AS A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE UN. THE ESSENCE OF THE CONCEPT OF COMMON SECURITY IS THE CREATION OF POSITIVE AND IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES OF CO-OPERATION FOR COMMON SURVIVAL. CREATION OF COMMON SECURITY IN EUROPE MEANS JOINT EFFORTS IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEANIZATION IN A WAY THAT WILL NOT THREATEN BALANCE OF POWER AND NATO ALLIANCE WITH THE US.